Scott O'Dell

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born

May 23, 1898 in Los Angeles, California, The United States

died

October 16, 1989

website

http://www.scottodell.com/

genre

Children's Books, Historical Fiction

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Scott O'Dell (May 23, 1898 – October 16, 1989) was an American children's author who wrote 26 novels for youngsters, along with three adult novels and four nonfiction books. He was most famously the author of the children's novel Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960), which won the 1961 Newbery Medal as well as a number of other awards. Other award winning books by O'Dell include The King's Fifth (1966), Black Star, Bright Dawn (1988), The Black Pearl (1967), and Sing Down the Moon (1970); which were all also Newbery Honor award books. O'Dell wrote primarily historical fiction. Many of his children's novels are about historical California and Mexico.

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Books by Scott O'Dell

Average rating: 3.72 · 96,423 ratings · 4,132 reviews · 53 distinct works

	Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.75 avg rating — 87,644 ratings — published 1960 — 81 editions	My rating:
	Sing Down the Moon 3.59 avg rating — 1,823 ratings — published 1970 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Black Pearl 3.39 avg rating — 2,076 ratings — published 1967 — 28 editions	My rating:
	Zia 3.35 avg rating — 1,330 ratings — published 1976 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Sarah Bishop 3.42 avg rating — 738 ratings — published 1980 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott O'Dell, Peter Roop 3.70 avg rating — 498 ratings — published 1986 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Black Star, Bright Dawn 3.61 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 1988 — 19 editions	My rating:
	My Name Is Not Angelica 3.56 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The King's Fifth 3.63 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1965 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Thunder Rolling in the Mountains by Scott O'Dell, Elizabeth Hall 3.67 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 1992 — 10 editions	My rating:

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Series by Scott O'Dell

The Seven Serpents Trilogy (3 books)
by Scott O'Dell

3.60 avg rating — 156 ratings

Quotes by Scott O'Dell

“Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet.”
― Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

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“They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy.”
― Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

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“Many of our tribe went to the cliff each night to count the number killed during the day. They counted the dead otter and thought of the beads and other things that each pelt meant. But I never went to the cove and whenever I saw the hunters with their long spears skimming over the water, I was angry, for these animals were my friends. It was fun to see them playing or sunning themselves among the kelp. It more fun than the thought of beads to wear around my neck.”
― Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

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